Andrea Giambartolomei is an Italian reporter.

He works for lavialibera, a bimonthly Italian magazine, covering justice and organized crime.

He has also worked as a freelance journalist for the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Repubblica and the Ansa news agency.

In 2022 he attended the European collaborative journalism programme, organized by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung in cooperation with Arena for Journalism.

Andrea Giambartolomei

Basic information

Name
Andrea Giambartolomei
Title
Reporter
Expertise
justice, organized crime
Country
Italy
City
Turin
Twitter

Supported projects

The bankers of irregular migration

  • Finance
  • Migration

ERBIL/ISTANBUL/ATHENS - The complexity and dangers along migration routes to Europe —including the risk of being swindled by traffickers or robbed by security forces—, have increased the role of an informal banking system that works through “hawala”, a traditional money transfer system based on interpersonal trust